outofsticks | OOC PLOTTING: IT'S GONNA BE MAY

SETTING UPDATES

Kiera built us a barn. It lives in the north of the Grove, Wolfie will update the map when Wolfie has a second. You can house livestock here, as well as catch random biblically accurate animals and stuff them in here. Since the barn is owned by Kiera/Weasel, please ask Weasel’s permission before you start stuffing your own animals in there, unless Weasel wants to give blanket permission. Do not assume, do communicate, etc.
Heimr’s human now! Or human enough. He’s not sure. The name “Aldric” when referring to him is no longer garbled, but it’s also just not who he is anymore.
The Alpha Mart is gone, and the doors are unscrambled. Mr. Bone-Jangles returns to his cryptid status of only showing up during mod-mandated silly time. We miss you every day king.
? ? ? That’s it, we had a chill month last month and no one broke the setting. If we forgot something though… you know where we’re at, we’re happy to edit.

PLOT UPDATES

Spring is in its heights and flowers are blooming everywhere! Butterflies and bees are everywhere, plantimals have stared sprouting accommodating flowers if they haven’t already, and those who are Corrupted may find their flowers seem more vibrant and lively without their suffering.
The fruit trees and bushes seem more full of life as well, and relatedly, Rusty is taking it upon himself to bring residents of the grove baskets of fruits and berries… though you might have to keep him from eating the spoils of his harvest.
But it’s not Aldric’s Grove without something going… wrong. And come nightfall, every night, a shimmering purple mist wafts into the town. Though it doesn’t come into any buildings, looking at it makes you want to step into it, and stepping into it grants you a lovely vision- a perfect daydream, even! Where everything is as it should be.
In reality, as you move through the dream, you will be waltzing right into danger, only to be pulled from the brink of an imminent death at the last minute, with the dream fading. Maybe a Guardian saved you, or maybe you just managed to avoid stepping into Callan’s lake, but a death you would have happily walked into is only narrowly avoided.
The worst part is, with every venture into the mist, the stronger its pull the next night is. Good luck!
You’ve asked, and we’re answering: this month you’ll have prom! Not that… any of the natives know what Prom is. As what should be the equinox approaches, one night a friendly spirit will enter the grove to escort everyone to a secondary location. Fancy outfits, fresh food, a fountain, and even a dance floor under the most beautiful moonlight will be waiting. We assume you’re going to pick your own prom dates, but if you’re feeling unhinged, matchmaking services are available by pinging us in the mod discord.
If you play hankey pankey at Prom, you will be physically thrown out of the venue by a bunch of spirits. Do not do the horizontal tango on the dance floor, take that to the woods or your houses. Points at our eyes points at yours.
This month also doubles as a TDM month which means ? ? ? TDMers get Prom, congrats!

OOC UPDATES

We still have plothooks waiting for pickup!
As a reminder, summer is going to be full of fairly lowkey months save for player-initiated developments.

Please use the following form for plotting:

Character:
Status: Who is your character? What did they get up to last month and how is it impacting this month? Did they discover something? Are they harboring a clue? HMM
Seeking: Any CR or plot thread you want to kickstart!
Not Seeking: Anything you'd like to avoid.
Anything Else: A permissions post, opt-in for a character-specific power or whatever else.
Meme: you know you have one.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character: Phantom/Lucian
Status: I haven't finished the quest yet icly, but I hope it's alright to assume that he'd regained Miss Christine and...he's pretty much spending all his time with her. Yeah.

Aside from that, god knows what Phantom is up to in his spare time, even in Aldric's Grove. Not even Skade-sensei has any clue, apparently.

Seeking: I have two quests/plothooks I've been meaning to pick up soon (terribly sorry that I had to drop off the face of the earth suddenly for the past month or so), namely the cabin in the lake (ft. Livio and Mizuki if you guys are still up for it), and the one regarding the moon church thingy, also with Mizuki.

Additionally, I guess not much? I'm just probably going to try to do some silly, light interactions in order to slowly get back into the groove.

Not Seeking: I don't think I can handle any other plothooks/plot-relevant quests at the point, so I wouldn't go chasing for more. I think I'd also rather avoid threads that are too angsty or taxing, be it emotionally or in terms of time and energy, so...I'm definitely just going to take it easy.

Oh, and still no romantic and/or potentially sexual interaction(s) for Phantom and me, please.

Anything Else: I'm setting Lucian's permissions post as private at the moment due to reasons, although I hope I can get it back up for the public to read again soon. Though, essentially, the same rules applies; if you haven't gotten the chance to read the og permissions post or would like to clarify some points/ask about certain things, my PM is open.

On an RL-related note, I'll be pretty busy this week and next weekend I have a con to attend (this week too, but casually), so I might still be slow despite being off-hiatus (+ timezone reasons also, ofc). I hope that's understandable.

One more thing: did you know that our goth catman has an inbox? That's right. Go bother him. With personal problems is even better.

I lied, because yet one more thing: for the upcoming tdm/Sticks prom, he'll be up for a platonic dance (hopefully his not-boyfriend is coming for a...not-so-platonic one), so anyone who wants a dance with a Victorian gentleman, here's your chance. It's a two-in-one package. Nothing bad would happen; like absolutely none. I promise!

Meme: I'm too lazy to upload one.

amity here on the wrong journal but!! if i recall you were interested in the moon seance, which may happen this month!!

Hello hello! And yeah...I think Phantom was supposed to help Felicity and Mizuki investigate it together? Sorry, I just remembered that Fel is the one other person that they're supposed to investigate it with.

Uh...so anyway, it's happening already? What did I miss? I'm really sorry for the unexpected hiatus...

it is not happening yet, as rubie and i were both on hiatus!! i will let nonmod players initiate it, but im ready whenever you all are. <3

Apparently we were all in the same hiatus boat together, lol. The same for me! I'm ready whenever you all are, so I think we should ask Rubie when will be a good time for them, then? Then we could discuss the particulars in the server/group DM, if you guys don't mind!

OOC PLOTTING: IT'S GONNA BE MAY

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